NEVADA SURVEY of 500 likely voters

Tuesday October 17, 2006

1* If the election for Governor were held today, would you vote for Republican Jim Gibbons or for Democrat Dina Titus?

51% Gibbons

43% Titus

2% some other candidate

4% not sure

2* If the election for the United States Senate were held today, would you vote for Republican John Ensign or for Democrat Jack Carter?

50% Ensign

42% Carter

4% some other candidate

4% not sure

WITH LEANERS

52% Ensign

43% Carter

2% some other candidate

3% not sure

BREAKDOWN

52% Total Ensign

38% Certain Ensign

12% Ensign

2% Lean Ensign

43% Total Carter

32% Certain Carter

11% Carter

1% Lean Carter

2% Some Other Candidate

3% Not Sure

3* Is your vote primarily a vote for a candidate or against his opponent?

Ensign voters

77% for Ensign

17% against Carter

7% not sure

Carter voters

59% for Carter

34% against Ensign

7% not sure

4* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable impression of:

	Ensign	Carter	Titus	Gibbons
Very favorable	32%	23%	26%	21%
Somewhat favorable	30%	30%	20%	34%
Somewhat unfavorable	19%	22%	21%	13%
Very unfavorable	13%	19%	29%	25%
Not sure	6%	6%	3%	7%

5* How would you rate the job George W. Bush has been doing as President… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

27% strongly approve

19% somewhat approve

12% somewhat disapprove

41% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

6* How would you rate the job Kenny Guinn has been doing as Governor… do you strongly approve, somewhat approve, somewhat disapprove, or strongly disapprove of the job he’s been doing?

20% strongly approve

44% somewhat approve

24% somewhat disapprove

11% strongly disapprove

1% not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 4.5 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence.